Legal Aid Eligibility and Coverage in Canada
Proportion of Poor Families Who Qualify for Legal Aid By Province 1998
This is a vertical bar chart which represents the proportion of poor families who qualify for legal aid, by province, for the year 1998.
The Y axis is measured in percentages and increases in increments of 20, from 0 to 100.
The X axis is divided by 9 categories, which represent the provinces. From left to right, the 11 categories are: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. Each category is divided by 2 sub-categories, from left to right: full eligibility and expanded eligibility.
In terms of full eligibility:
- 64.8% of poor families in British Columbia qualify
- 65.7% of poor families in Alberta qualify
- 66.2 % of poor families in Saskatchewan qualify
- 59.9% of poor families in Manitoba qualify
- 36% of poor families in Ontario qualify
- 35.2% of poor families in Quebec qualify
- 86.7% of poor families in Nova Scotia qualify
- 50.9% of poor families in Prince Edward Island qualify
- 18.3% of poor families in Newfoundland qualify
In terms of expanded eligibility:
- 99% of poor families in Alberta qualify
- 99% of poor families in Manitoba qualify
- 94.9% of poor families in Ontario qualify
- 69.1% of poor families in Quebec qualify
- For all other provinces, 0% of poor families qualify
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